Scissors attachment



(No Model.)

.M. 1F. GRAHAM. SGISSOBS ATTACHMENT.

No. 554,599. Patented Feb. 11, 1896.

UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN F. GRAHAM, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

SCISSORS ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 554,599, datedFebruary 1 1, 1896. Application filed April 12,1895. fierial No.545,422. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARTIN F. GRAHAM, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Springfield, in the county of Clark and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ScissorsAttachments, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawmgs.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in scissorsattachments for cutting hair.

My invention consists of a detach able sleeve adapted to receive withinit the blades of scissors, to be readily connected with the scissors,and having comb-like teeth, which lie at the side of the blades and actas guards to guide and limit the length of out of the blades, to renderthe cutting of hair easier and to be done by persons of less experiencethan barbers;

In the accompanying drawings, on which like reference-letters indicatecorresponding parts, Figure 1 is a plan view of a pair of scissors withmy attachment applied thereto; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same;Fig. 3, a detached plan view of the attachment; Fig. 4, across-sectional view on the line 09 a: of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a detachedplan view of a modified form of my attachment, and Fig. 6 a similar viewof the same form with the parts differently adjusted.

At A is designated a pair of scissors of the ordinary or any approvedtype. I construct of metal, vulcanized rubber, or other suitablematerial a tapering sleeve B, flattened on the top and rounded on theedges and adapted to receive lengthwise within it the blades O of thescissors. Preferably at one corner of the sleeve I attach a wireconnector D, adapted at one end to be coiled about a part of the handle,as seen at E. The place the sleeve shall occupy on the blades isadjusted in applying the attachment by drawing the holder D to theproper place and then twisting or coiling the free end about thescissors-handle, the wire being soft. At one side of the sleeve and fromthe larger and outer end thereof I provide it with prongs or comb-liketeeth F,

somewhat rounding at their points, so as to readily pass through thehair without scratching the skull. The upper and lower faces of theteeth I preferably flatten. The preferred manner of constructing theteeth is by having them fashioned after the manner of a comb with aconnecting bar or head G, and then to rivet or otherwise attach thishead to the sleeve. I have shown rivets at H as one form of fastening.

The device is more cheaply constructed by making the sleeve and teethseparate, as this avoids the use of dies or special machinery, since thesleeve is readily made by folding over a plate of sheet metal into thedesired form, as more clearly seen in Fig. 4. Then the teeth with theirconnecting bar or head G can be obtained from comb factories, and may beeither metal, vulcanized rubber, celluloid, or other material.

Another advantage of making the teeth separate from the sleeve andattaching them is shown by the modification illustrated in Figs. 5 and6, wherein the head G is provided with an extra set of teeth I, besidesthe set F. In this form also a single rivet is used and adapted to forma pivot, as shown at H, so that the teeth or comb can be swung around tobring either the teeth F or the teeth I under the blades. Forpreliminary cutting the teeth F are used; but for trimming the hair inthe final operation for making it smoother, and in cutting it around theears and the edges, the teeth I are preferred, as they stand crosswiseto the blade and enable the operator to more readily take up the hairwhere it is short.

This device I have made and used in a practical manner, so that thestatements herein made as to its utility and operation are based uponactual experience.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As an improved article of manufacture, the herein-described scissorsattachment for hair-cutting, the same consisting of a taper- 5 mg sleeveadapted to receive within it the scissors-blades and to be connectedwith the scissors, and having pivoted thereto a double set of comb-liketeeth, one set running in one direction and the other in another.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN F. GRAHAM.

Vitnesses:

HORATIO J. FORGY, \V. M. MCNAIR.

